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March 25, 2014

3 Al Jazeera Journalists Denied Bail in Egypt; New Mass Trial Opens 
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In Egypt, three Al Jazeera journalists have been denied bail after
nearly three months in prison. Peter Greste, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed
Fahmy stand accused of belonging to or aiding a terrorist organization.
They appeared in court inside a cage on Monday, when their case was
adjourned for a week. Fahmy condemned the proceedings.

Mohamed Fahmy: "Today's proceedings show that there is — it seems
like all the witnesses have some amnesia or something, Alzheimer's.
There's a lot of discrepancies in the documents and what they are saying
themselves. The prosecutor has a lot to answer for, for allowing the
four engineers in the Maspero state TV to have exactly the same
copy/paste testimony, that we have seen in our video."

Mohamed Fahmy says he has been denied proper medical care after his
shoulder was broken during his arrest. Egyptian prosecutors accuse Al
Jazeera of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted President Mohamed
Morsi, which has been declared a terrorist group and subjected to a
widening crackdown. On Monday, 529 Brotherhood supporters were sentenced
to death. A new mass trial has opened involving 683 people, including
top Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie.

 

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